Butter Your Bootlegged Rum Today

No celebrating for you today kids! It’s National Buttered Rum Day and National Bootlegger’s Day. The term “bootlegger” was first used around 1880 when traders concealed liquor flasks in their boot tops. During Prohibition, when all alcohol was outlawed, bootleggers were the smugglers who imported alcohol or distillers who made their own illegally.

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